Ladies! It’s Time to Strut Your Stuff
Check out this Olympic story on sex verification.
We will not allow any posers in the games. The story says the nobody has ever been caught participating in games as female when they were in fact male. But it does include some rather strange incidents regarding the “parading nude” test and the difficulty of determining the sex of the person.
That is one job I think I would pass on. I mean sure, I appreciate a fit nude female body as much as the next guy. But really, this job could just get plain weird.
There are other strange jobs in the Olympics. I was living in Salt Lake City at the time of the Winter Olympics. I knew of one person who volunteered to work there. His job was to watch medal winners give urine samples and make sure that the sample was indeed from the correct person.
I guess you would get to meet all the winners. But would you shake their hand or ask for an autograph? Of course he could always tell his grand children that he spent a lot of time “hanging out” with Olympic Medal winners.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Well, that is kind of gross.
I have always been of the opinion, if you can’t tell, it really doesn’t matter.
But the IOC may feel differently.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Red,
I’ve seen pictures of “women” who I’m not kidding are gorgeous and turned out they were men! It would seem ohhhhhh, now I get it their naked….OK well, if they had a sex change they would still be men right? Probably have to do some kind of DNA testing or something.
Oh boy, the world we live in….sigh
July 31st, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Oh my gosh, this is sadly funny. I can’t help but wonder a couple of things:
** What would their official job title be, gender verification specialist?
** Hourly rate or per salaried?
** Would they verify everyone so no one feels left out?
I am sure I will come up with more questions, but there is a good start.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
“But would you shake their hand or ask for an autograph?” Certainly not! And at this time, I would especially cherish and revert to my traditional Hindu greeting, “Namaste”. Namaste requires no body contact and is done with folded hands which convey the beautiful and simple message, “The divine in me greets the divine in you.” For those who practice Yoga, this greeting should be very familiar. And for those for whom it is not -check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcgNJ7cgDVs
July 31st, 2008 at 5:49 pm
And I cannot resist adding - contrary to the handshake and the double kiss used by the Europeans where one can truly catch/spread a number of diseases, this is considered by many as one of the most sanitary and elegant form of greeting… It would be nice if more folks practiced it especially in the flu season…:)
July 31st, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I like the “hanging out” and shaking hands part of this. Funny!!
Thanks for the laugh.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Carey:I don’t know about the sex change thing. I find that entire topic completely confusing.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:02 am
Carrie: I am sure you could come up with more questions. It would certainly be politically incorrect to single certain women out to be tested. “pardon me ma’am but you look a little manly could you just step over please?”
And what exactly did you mean by one might “feel” left out? This topic could get really bad with the puns and play on words.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:08 am
RBK: That sight about Namaste was very nice. The entire Namaste concept feels so right. It was also very interesting to read it and then compare it to your post about the poorer classesof people. Trying to reach the ideals we preach is a constant battle for all cultures.
BTW-based on some of personal observations in men’s restrooms and the lack of hand washing I think Namaste might also be the best route for us to follow.
August 1st, 2008 at 8:13 am
Bob: Can you see this guy’s grand children looking at the photo album. “Here is grandpa watching Jim Shea pee into a cup. And this grandpa watching…”